jhm731;175575 Wrote: > Next, everyone doesn't need or want access to "12,000 songs at their > instant disposal," and yes, there is a difference in sound > quality. How often do you listen to each of those 12K tracks each year?
Why wouldn't you? 100 songs and 12,000 are just as easy. I just don't have to change discs now. And sometimes it's fun to let the system randomize. Just because you have it doesn't mean you have to use it either. I listen to a lot of songs that I wouldn't because of this. Most wouldn't appreciate that until they have it. Not sure why you take it so literally. 12,000 tracks represents many CDs with at least a track or two that I like on each, right? So, it would be a pain to listen to my "favorites" unless I didn't have to change discs. Now I don't have to. jhm731;175575 Wrote: > Finally, the average music lover doesn't want to mess with computer > based audio. Could be true, but will be less so with time. Just as they learned to mess with DVDs and everything else. Grandma is on the internet...I think average music folks will come around. How many people do you know that don't have a computer? Can you get any more complex than a computer? jhm731;175575 Wrote: > IMO, once the big guys like Sony, Pioneer, etc... start offering music > server versions of their DVD HD recorders that currently sell for under > $500., SD and the rest of this niche market are toast. Those are the old "big guys." I think the new big guys could be MS, Apple, and Cisco. The network will do for the home owner what it did to the enterprise. Show me a single business of any size that doesn't rely on their network as a critical business asset. The home will completely transform too. We'll still have sony, pioneer, etc., but they will most likely be endpoint providers. -- thomsens ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thomsens's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1352 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32232 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
